MightyZehir
Explorer
90 damage reduction per round seems quite OP. But We still
need to know what kind of damage CR20+ monsters do .
need to know what kind of damage CR20+ monsters do .
Now sure, you've got to be 20th level to pull this off, but by my reading if you're a druid in the Circle of the Moon, you can wildshape as a bonus action. Then 10th level gives you the ability to spend 2 wildshape uses to turn into an elemental. Air elementals have 90 hp, and the wildshape rules say that you set aside your HP and get the critter's HP. Then when those HP are depleted, any excess damage is dealt to you.
The 20th level ability archdruid lets you wildshape an unlimited number of times. So does this mean that every round you can spend a bonus action to turn into a different type of elemental, resetting yourself with a 90 HP buffer?
I'm a guy who normally promotes amazing high-level powers, but even to me that seems overpowered. Especially since by contrast the 20th level Bard ability is, Hey, you get one free use of bardic inspiration per combat. Have fun with that bonus to a single die roll. I'll be flying and invincible over here.
Trick won’t work with an elemental shape (the one from the online supplement is CR 5; you can only become an elemental of CR 1). Sticking to a beast form however, lets you become a beast with a CR no higher than 1/3 your druid level (rounded down), so a CR 6 beast would be OK. Probably a dinosaur of some kind....
I'm curious: What's the highest CR beast currently out there for D&D 5th?
Trick won’t work with an elemental shape (the one from the online supplement is CR 5; you can only become an elemental of CR 1). Sticking to a beast form however, lets you become a beast with a CR no higher than 1/3 your druid level (rounded down), so a CR 6 beast would be OK. Probably a dinosaur of some kind....
I'm curious: What's the highest CR beast currently out there for D&D 5th?
Let me guess, that elemental is in the back of the PHB.
Yes, but bards are incredibly attractive, charming, talented, and smell like Heaven's bakery. Druids are old, crotchety, don't get along with people, and smell like five kinds of manure.I'm a guy who normally promotes amazing high-level powers, but even to me that seems overpowered. Especially since by contrast the 20th level Bard ability is, Hey, you get one free use of bardic inspiration per combat. Have fun with that bonus to a single die roll. I'll be flying and invincible over here.
My read is that Beast Spell do not apply to elemental.